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Kunio Kawaguchi
Also filed as: KAWAGUCHI KUNIO · NAOYUKI SUSUMU
44 granted patents·2 pending applications·631 citations·filing 1978–2013
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46 records- 0189US5666164AImage signal converting apparatusSONY CORP·Filed 1993·Granted Sep 9, 1997·77 cites·11 claims
- 0288US6539119B1Picture coding apparatus and method thereofSONY CORP·Filed 2000·Granted Mar 25, 2003·23 cites·8 claims
- 0383US6408097B1Picture coding apparatus and method thereofSONY CORP·Filed 1999·Granted Jun 18, 2002·74 cites·7 claims
- 0481US5930394APicture coding apparatus and method thereofSONY CORP·Filed 1994·Granted Jul 27, 1999·32 cites·35 claims
- 0580US8279930B2Image processing apparatus and method, program, and recording mediumKAWASE TOMONORI·Filed 2009·Granted Oct 2, 2012·6 cites·8 claims
- 0680US7738556B2Apparatus and method for estimating motion vector with gradient methodSONY CORP·Filed 2005·Granted Jun 15, 2010·7 cites·8 claims
- 0775US8385602B2Image processing device method, program, and recording medium for improving detection precision of a motion vectorSONY CORP·Filed 2006·Granted Feb 26, 2013·4 cites·10 claims
- 0875US8331710B2Image processing apparatus and method, learning apparatus and method, and programKAWASE TOMONORI·Filed 2008·Granted Dec 11, 2012·4 cites·4 claims
- 0975US5444487AAdaptive dynamic range encoding method and apparatusSONY CORP·Filed 1993·Granted Aug 22, 1995·38 cites·4 claims
- 1072US5940132AImage signal converting apparatusSONY CORP·Filed 1997·Granted Aug 17, 1999·37 cites·58 claims
- 1172US5404178ANoise eliminating circuitSONY CORP·Filed 1993·Granted Apr 4, 1995·41 cites·10 claims
- 1272US4219927AMethod of producing a multistylus head deviceHITACHI CHEMICAL CO LTD·Filed 1978·Granted Sep 2, 1980·15 cites·4 claims
- 1371US8620971B2Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and programTANAKA KENJI·Filed 2011·Granted Dec 31, 2013·3 cites·8 claims
- 1468US7848427B2Apparatus and method for determining motion vector with effective pixel gradientSONY CORP·Filed 2005·Granted Dec 7, 2010·5 cites·6 claims
- 1567US6016164AImage signal interpolating apparatusSONY CORP·Filed 1998·Granted Jan 18, 2000·28 cites·6 claims
- 1667US5703652AInformation signal encoding system and method for adaptively encoding an information signalSONY CORP·Filed 1996·Granted Dec 30, 1997·29 cites·7 claims
- 1762US5767986APicture encoding apparatus and methodSONY CORP·Filed 1994·Granted Jun 16, 1998·14 cites·13 claims
- 1861US5825313AInformation signal encoding apparatus, encoding method thereof, information signal decoding method, and information signal record medium thereofSONY CORP·Filed 1996·Granted Oct 20, 1998·25 cites·44 claims
- 1961US5734433APicture encoding apparatus, picture encoding method, picture encoding and transmitting method, and picture record mediumSONY CORP·Filed 1996·Granted Mar 31, 1998·19 cites·6 claims
- 2060US5966179AInformation signal encoding apparatus, encoding method thereof, information signal decoding method, and information signal record medium thereofSONY CORP·Filed 1997·Granted Oct 12, 1999·20 cites·2 claims
- 2160US5295130AApparatus and method for signal reproductionSONY CORP·Filed 1991·Granted Mar 15, 1994·18 cites·6 claims
- 2259US10114492B2Information processing device, information processing method, and programSONY CORP·Filed 2013·Granted Oct 30, 2018·1 cites·6 claims
- 2359US6864997B2Picture encoding apparatus and methodSONY CORP·Filed 2001·Granted Mar 8, 2005·2 cites·22 claims
- 2457US6320910B2Apparatus for hierarchical encoding of digital image signals with improved encoding efficiencySONY CORP·Filed 2000·Granted Nov 20, 2001·2 cites·21 claims
- 2556US5781238AInformation signal encoding apparatus, encoding method thereof, information signal decoding method, and information signal record medium thereofSONY CORP·Filed 1996·Granted Jul 14, 1998·16 cites·8 claims
- 2653US8340350B2Information processing device and method, and programKONDO TETSUJIRO·Filed 2009·Granted Dec 25, 2012·1 cites·14 claims
- 2753US5878168AMethod and apparatus for picture encoding and decodingSONY CORP·Filed 1996·Granted Mar 2, 1999·21 cites·12 claims
- 2850US6519365B2Encoder, decoder, recording medium, encoding method, and decoding methodSONY CORP·Filed 1997·Granted Feb 11, 2003·19 cites·16 claims
- 2947US5870434AApparatus and method for quantizing a digital signal based on quantizing steps including odd-numbered stepsSONY CORP·Filed 1995·Granted Feb 9, 1999·10 cites·8 claims
- 3046US2009167959A1Image processing device and method, program, and recording mediumSONY CORP·Filed 2006·Application pending·0 cites
- 3144US6285714B1Image signal interpolating apparatusSONY CORP·Filed 1995·Granted Sep 4, 2001·8 cites·60 claims
- 3244US2015130808A1Display device and display methodSONY CORP·Filed 2013·Application pending·0 cites
- 3343US8891019B2Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and programTANAKA KENJI·Filed 2011·Granted Nov 18, 2014·0 cites·7 claims
- 3443US5886794APicture encoding apparatusSONY CORP·Filed 1997·Granted Mar 23, 1999·6 cites·24 claims
- 3541US8416343B2Signal processing apparatus and method, program, and recording mediumYASUOKA TOMOHIRO·Filed 2006·Granted Apr 9, 2013·0 cites·11 claims
- 3641US6195464B1Picture coding apparatus and method thereofSONY CORP·Filed 1999·Granted Feb 27, 2001·4 cites·53 claims
- 3740US5706009AQuantizing apparatus and quantizing methodSONY CORP·Filed 1995·Granted Jan 6, 1998·7 cites·21 claims
- 3839US5841375AInformation signal encoding apparatus, encoding method thereof, information signal decoding method, and information signal medium thereofSONY CORP·Filed 1998·Granted Nov 24, 1998·5 cites·1 claims
- 3938US6219456B1Picture coding apparatus and method thereofSONY CORP·Filed 1999·Granted Apr 17, 2001·3 cites·38 claims
- 4036US8291008B2Information image use system using information imageKAWAGUCHI KUNIO·Filed 2001·Granted Oct 16, 2012·2 cites·2 claims
- 4136US6108451APicture coding apparatus and method thereofSONY CORP·Filed 1999·Granted Aug 22, 2000·2 cites·38 claims
- 4232US6072837AQuantizing apparatus and quantizing methodSONY CORP·Filed 1998·Granted Jun 6, 2000·1 cites·12 claims
- 4332US6014174APicture encoding apparatus, picture encoding method, picture encoding and transmitting method, and picture record mediumSONY CORP·Filed 1997·Granted Jan 11, 2000·1 cites·3 claims
- 4432US5956089APicture encoding apparatus, picture encoding method, picture encoding and transmitting method, and picture record mediumSONY CORP·Filed 1997·Granted Sep 21, 1999·1 cites·3 claims
- 4531US6421144B2Picture encoding apparatus and methodSONY CORP·Filed 1997·Granted Jul 16, 2002·0 cites·9 claims
- 4631US6324304B1Picture coding apparatus and method thereofSONY CORP·Filed 1999·Granted Nov 27, 2001·0 cites·51 claims
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